THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND 85 



of whom one was chairman (and administrative 

 head, with a salary) , three were sheriffs of Scottish 

 sheriffdoms, and the remaining five represented 

 various fishing interests. All these members were 

 nominated by the Crown. Several later Acts con- 

 ferred additional powers : the Sea-Fisheries (Scot- 

 land) Amendment Act of 1885-'^ gave powers to 

 prohibit or restrict any method of fishing in the 

 territorial waters, and powers to institute, and 

 resources to carry on, scientific investigations. 

 The Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act of 1889 ^ 

 gave powers to close all the territorial waters by 

 by-law against beam - trawling, and excluded a 

 number of areas lying outside the three-mile limit. 

 The Sea-Fisheries Regulation (Scotland) Act of 

 1895 ^ altered the constitution of the Board, which 

 now consists of seven members — a chairman, a 

 sheriff, a " person of skill in the branches of 

 science concerned with the habits and food of 

 fishes," and four other members. This latter Act 

 gave powers to create sea-fisheries districts as in 

 England, and it also enabled the Secretary for 

 Scotland, the Minister to whom the Board was 

 made responsible, to appoint a scientific superin- 

 tendent to institute and conduct such investigations 

 relating to the fisTieries as the Board might from 

 time to time require. 



The actual administration of the fishery laws is 



1 48 and 49 Vict. c. 70. ^ 52 and 53 Vict. c. 23. 



2 58 and 59 Vict. c. 42. 



